<< Text Pages >> Deir Mar Maroun - Ancient Village or Settlement in Lebanon
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Multi-periodSite Name: Deir Mar Maroun Alternative Name: Mar Maroun TempleCountry: Lebanon
NOTE: This site is 18.313 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Latitude: 34.352374N Longitude: 36.375625E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Ancient Village or Settlement in Lebanon
Troglodite village on the flanks of mount Hermel along the Oronte River. Exact origin and date not known.
The site was later used by maronite Christians hiding from Monophysicist Christians, hence he name.
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